Overview
- The series, which premiered on BBC One Northern Ireland on Monday and on BBC One in the UK the next day, is available as a full box set on BBC iPlayer from 2 November.
- Tall Tales & Murder follows a long-comatose Dublin gangster who wakes in a care home and claims to know the site of buried Celtic gold, triggering a chaotic criminal treasure hunt without revealing story endings.
- The show was developed by Stuart Carolan from Caimh McDonnell’s Dublin Trilogy and stars Aidan Gillen alongside Ella Lily Hyland, Casey Walsh, Philippa Dunne and Aisling O’Sullivan.
- RTÉ and the BBC co-commissioned the series and have already ordered a second season, signalling broadcaster confidence in the show’s blend of dark humour and crime drama.
- International availability is limited: the programme is on SBS On Demand in Australia but is not being released in the US or Canada, and early UK viewers have posted strong positive reactions online.